Table mat



June 2, 1931. J. SACHERMAN 1,808,258

TABLE MAT Filed March 21, 1927 Zlvwzwtoz J a ch 6 rm an Patented June 2, 1931 UNETED ST'E' JACOB SACHERMAN, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO TABLE MAT Application filed March 21, 1927. Serial No. 176,917.

This invention relates to table mats for V the protection of the polished surfaces of table tops against injury from heated dishes or other causes.

The main object of the invention is to pro vide a table mat having a board like portion for resting upon the table top and a flexible marginal portion for overlapping the rolled or curved edge of the table top.

Another object of the invention is to provide a table mat of said character of simple, inexpensive and practical construction.

With the above and other objects in view, the. invention will be hereinafter fully described as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and the novel features thereof will be distinctly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings similar characters of ref- 2 erence indicate corresponding parts.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a table mat con structed in accordance with my invention,

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of a portion of a table with the table mat thereupon taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view, on an enlarged scale, of the table mat taken on line 33 of Fig. 1.

1 represents the top of a table having an upper surface 2 and some form of beveled and curved edges as for instance at 3. Table tops have variously curved forms of edges and these edges need protecting from the striking thereagainst of chair backs or dishes, or when the table is moved about the room for protecting the table from striking chairs or other furniture or the walls of the room.

The table mat 4 of my invention consists of paper-board or other suitable filler 5, which is covered with a sheet of felt 6 at the bottom side thereof for resting upon and preventing the scratching of the upper surface 2 of the table, and a sheet 7 of waterproof material over its upper side. The sheets 6 and 7 are fixed to the paper-board by pasting or other suitable means and extend beyond the peripheral edges thereof as indicated at 8 and 9, a sufficient distance to completely overlap the beveled and curved edges 3 of the table top. The outer edges of the extending portions 8 and 9 of the sheets 6 and 7 respectively, are sewed or fixed together in any suitable manner as indicated at 10.

From the description and drawings, it will be seen that a table mat of the folding type and made in halves as shown, or other suitable type, may be made with a filler, and coverings therefor, which coverings extending beyond the edge of the filler will serve as flexible marginal portions for completely overlapping and covering the beveled and v..- riously curved edges of the table top for protecting the same from being injured by being accidently struckby dishes or furniture, or being injured by striking furniture or the walls of the room when the table is being moved about.

Having fully described my invention what 1 claim is:

In a table mat, the combination of a filler, a sheet of flexible material fixed to the top of the filler, a sheet of flexible material fixed to the bottom of the filler, the sheets of flexible material being fixed together centrally of the filler and extending a suflicient distance beyond the outer edges of the filler to provide a flexible flap for falling over the edges of a table top, and the outer edges of the flexible material being fixed together.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

J ACOB SAGHERMAN. 

